GxP is a general term for good (anything...) practice quality guidelines and regulations. These guidelines are used in many fields, including the pharmaceutical and food industries.
The titles of these good practice guidelines usually begin with "good" and ends in "practice", with the specific practice descriptor in between. GxP represents the abbreviations of these titles, where x (a common symbol for a variable) represents the specific descriptor.
A "c" or "C" is sometimes added to the front of the initialism. The preceding "c" stands for "current." For example, cGMP is an acronym for "current good manufacturing practice". The term GxP is frequently used to refer in a general way to a collection of quality guidelines.
The purpose of the GxP quality guidelines is to ensure a product is safe and meets its intended use. GxP guides quality manufacture in regulated industries including food, drugs, medical devices and cosmetics.
The most central aspects of GxP are:
Traceability: the ability to reconstruct the development history of a drug or medical device.
Accountability: the ability to resolve who has contributed what to the development and when.
Documentation is a critical tool for ensuring GxP adherence. For more information, see good manufacturing practice.
Good auditing practice, or GAP
Good agricultural practice, or GAP
Good agricultural and collection practices, or GACP(s)
Good automated laboratory practice, or GALP
Good automated manufacturing practice, or GAMP
Good business practice, or GBP
Good clinical data management practice, or GCDMP
Good clinical practice, or GCP
Good cell culture practice, or GCCP
Good clinical laboratory practice, or GCLP
Good distribution practice, or GDP
Good documentation practice, or GDP, or GDocP (to distinguish from "good distribution practice")
Good engineering practice, or GEP
Good financial practice, or GFP
Good guidance practice, or GGP
Good hygiene practice, or GHP
Good horticultural practice, or GHP
Good laboratory practice, or GLP
Good manufacturing practice, or GMP
Good management practice, or GMP
Good microbiological practice, or GMiP
Good participatory practice, or GPP
Good pharmacovigilance practice, or GPvP or even GVP
Good pharmacy practice, or GPP
Good policing practice, or GPP
Good research practice, or GRP
Good recruitment practice, or GRP
Good safety practice, or GSP
Good storage practice, or GSP
Good tissue practice, or GTP
